10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Even sparrows, if you choose the right species and play your cards right, can be elevated to ‘cute’ status. a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world? We tossed this idea around on Facebook for a while and came to few conclusions.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated birders. What records will fall in 2013?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2020

Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. The birds in questions were the aforementioned Canada Goose and three happily foraging Chipping Sparrows. Because it turns out that only me and my partner got to see these two “rarities” of the north, and only I got the pictures to prove it.

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Canada Cuba Miami Florida 224

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. These were my first Fox Sparrows of the year. Over 200 species of birds can be found on the refuge, depending on the time of year.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

The Feral Pigeon and the House Sparrow came the day after, when in the lush green oasis of the Sanitas nursery tea garden I noticed the announcement of the next meeting of the Botswana Bird Club. Under that impossibly blue sky of Africa.

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Africa Botswana Europe Birds 249

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

The raising of the bins took place along roads through semi-shaded coffee farms and on the grounds of Villa San Ignacio , a hotel with big old wonderful trees and regenerating forest. Euphonias, sparrows, warblers, and tanagers. Less common but still expected were looks at White-eared Ground-Sparrow and Red-crowned Ant-Tanager.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds Blackbirds 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. The hide on Mankwe Dam is a must-see for any visitor to Pilanesberg NP and kept me enthralled for hours this morning.

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South Africa Reptiles Mammals Giraffes 202

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

After such a mysterious bird, it is time to enjoy the simple pleasure of seeing ordinary birds such as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag? Unfortunately, I did not manage such a photo this time.

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China Mongolia Birds Russia 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. I was raised in between the two cities, and visited that area earlier this month. The Song Sparrows were wet. And the White-crowned Sparrows were very, very wet. I’m fond of photos of birds in a visible mist or drizzle.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2015

Though they can have more than one successful brood each year, in the early 20th century their populations were decimated by invasive European Starlings and House Sparrows. Both species are notoriously aggressive, and out-competed bluebirds for the nesting cavities they needed to raise their young.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. That more rehab centers would accept non-natives, like pigeons house sparrows, and starlings,” wrote Charis in Oregon. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Michigan 255

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

The list includes Bachmann’s Sparrow , Red-cockaded Woodpecker , Crested Caracara , Snail Kite , and, oddly, Whooping Crane. From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane.

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Cattle Bald Eagle Florida Endangered Species 248

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2012

But as I and others have said before, it does raise a very practical question about what field guides, which have for the most part been slavishly devoted to taxonomic order, are going to do. So apparently we almost got an Aztec Dove!

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Falcons Parrots California Hawaii 190

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

You can argue that large waders of Florida are flashier or that the secretive Bachman’s Sparrow elicit more respect, and sure, Pine Warblers nest as far north as southern Canada so how can they really be southeastern, but if you raise these points I think you fail to realize how truly prolific Pine Warblers are in the south.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. Rosh Hashanah, the New Year of the Jewish calendar, has come relatively early season-wise this year.

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Livestock Psychology North America Turkey 183

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

My personal favorite is the night image of a White-crowned Sparrow beginning a night of migration, the sparrow’s usual bright white-and-black head and brown-patterned body muted by the inky blue darkness, the bill pointing upwards towards the stars. As I said before, the page design is impeccable.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2014

Now, it is perfectly okay that your hands are starting to feel sweaty, and we therefore should first go for an easy elimination to keep calm: Is the bird only the size of a House Sparrow or does it approach a Turdus -Thrush.

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Europe Kazakhstan Sparrows Abandon 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. By Corey • March 18, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

That was terrible for a lot of people, but especially for the Dusky Seaside Sparrow , a small streaked bird that had the dreadful temerity to dwindle and fade and finally become extinct despite the combined best efforts of the United States government and Walt Disney World. Then the 80s happened.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The other two are motionless.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The count aims to raise awareness of the important role that farmers play in the conservation of farmland birds, and to measure the impact of the conservation work that many farmers and shoots carry out.” This year I didn’t see a single Yellowhammer, and the Reed Bunting total was just two.

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Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Unlike other bird races where participants keep tight-lipped about bird species as mundane as a House Sparrow , this event gives a prize to the team that helps the most. Raising $67,000 plus for conservation! : It also happens to be the friendliest bird race because everyone is encouraged to share sightings and help each other out.

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Israel Costa Rica Eagles Raised 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

to have and raise children. Laurent Fournier Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:49 am Would the white throated sparrow qualify for this? Laurent, I cannot find anything on White-throated Sparrows being polygynandrous. Should we see a parallel between the alpine accentor and traditional populations of the highest mountains in the world?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

The Zapata Swamp, Ciénaga de Zapata , is of course known for the three birds that bear it’s name: the Zapata Rail, the Zapata Wren, and the Zapata Sparrow. The bird flies around our group, alights onto a bush and, just as I raise my camera, dives into the bush. I took a brief, wobbly, video of the process. Then back again.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

But, I didn’t expect that Henslow’s Sparrow would have a page-full repertory of sounds: Song (3 different types), Whine series, Seet series, Seet and Tseew night calls, Tink calls and Tsit calls. It includes sounds made by American Goldfinch, Bachman’s Sparrow, Hooded Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, and Red-winged Blackbird.

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North America America Sparrows Birds 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Unlike other birds that drink one sip at the time and raise their heads to swallow, pigeons and sandgrouses drink like asses, lowering their beaks into the water and taking as much as they like. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea. House Swift Apus affinis. Lesser) Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis. Common Hoopoe Upupa epops.

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India Birds Boars Eagles 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2018

Encountering exotics raises all manner of questions in birders, the toughest of which rarely center on identification. Seeing these birds in captivity obviously inspired desire to see them wild and free, but some birds like the peacock that strutted unfettered among visitors seemed as natural on site as the starlings and sparrows.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2021

My first time out with it, I took the following picture of a White-crowned Sparrow. This Field Sparrow (lifer!) But when you raise the AV as high as possible, making your depth of field very shallow, something magical happens: the bird stays focused, but the background melts into a lovely impressionistic pattern of colors.

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Birds Sparrows Raised Wildlife 181

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

For some reason Felonious Jive shared Seagull Steve’s Best Bird of the Year: One of the reasons Seagull Steve went to North Dakota last summer was to spend some time with Baird’s Sparrows. They may be drab, but their pleasant ringing song and close relationship to the prairie make for a very interesting bird.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Some of the lazier Common Moorhens apparently try to pass the arduous work of raising their chicks on to other species -a paper describes how Little Bitterns are utilized as surrogate parents. In Shanghai, one way to find out was to measure the concentration of these chemicals in Eurasian Tree Sparrows from different locations.

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

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MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Here’s hoping the Liben Lark defies the odds and long graces the grassy plains of Ethiopia!

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer Cats 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. capital, has released a report on the deadliest buildings in Washington D.C. for migratory birds.

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DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2018

And so, driving through the snowfall I spotted what I believed to be Tree Sparrows foraging on the road in front of me. But through binoculars I noticed small raised crests and supercilia joining on hindneck – Woodlarks ! Although individual birds were spotted during winter, this is the first known flock of them in the snow.

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Moldova Serbia Greece Eagles 143

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2017

They stay here in Mexico despite the heat, and raise their families. This Song Sparrow was in the Seattle area last winter, and got so nicely framed with the local foliage. With that massive bill, it makes for a wonderful profile! We always have a few American Avocets that do not migrate back north.

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